TREM’s Daily 31 July 2017 Devotional by Dr. Mike Okonkwo - Believe the Word of God

Topic: Believe the Word of God [Monday July 31, 2017]

“If the Lord delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey” Numbers 14:8 (KJV)

From the account of the story of the 12 spies, you will discover that 10 out of the 12 spies saw themselves as grasshoppers, but there were 2 men who thought differently. These were 2 people who knew who they were in God. These were 2 people who dared to believe the word of God. These 2 people must have said to themselves, if God told us that the land was flowing with milk and honey and we saw that, then the fact that He has given us the land too must be true. They valued the word of God above their natural strength and capability.

Beloved, in like manner you cannot believe that God is good and fail to believe that He will be good to you. That would be selective thinking. Remember the scripture says as a man thinketh in his heart so is he. {Proverbs 23:7a} If you think and believe failure then you would naturally attract failure, but if you think increase and abundance then you will have it. You need to understand that what God has promised you, is not a function of your immediate circumstances or what you can do. When God said He will supply all {not some} of your needs, it was not dependent on the state of the economy; neither is it a function of what you have or who you know. That promise was based on the riches of His Glory by Christ Jesus. He is inexhaustible.

I come to challenge you to believe the word of God and begin to see things from God’s perspective and not from your own small perspective because your natural sight is limited. The God you serve can see the end of a matter from the very beginning. He knows how to work every situation out for your good. He knows what is best for you and the best way to bring it to pass. Believe Him for the impossible. Believe that He will hasten to perform His word in your life.

Further Reading: Numbers 13:30-33, 14:6-9, Philippians 4:19

Daily Bible Reading: Morning- Psalms 54-56; Evening- Romans 3

Written by Dr. Mike Okonkwo; Is the Presiding Bishop of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM); a versatile man of God with over 30 years of dedicated service unto the Lord.